No. 20 past issue to ask the questions omitted

to ask the questions omitted by our emaciated public sphere

made the longest single essay in the history of The Baffler

Some refuse this mandate to try again

Gwyneth Paltrow’s personal snake oil factory

No. 20 past issue to ask the questions omittedIn our summer culture issue, we bring you decomposing cities that tremble with vibrancy, art museums where cash and carry aesthetics are the rule, journalists on the endless education of the president, and imperial foundations and their pet broadcasters on public radio. Where else can you learn why Eugenia Williamson thinks Ira Glasss This American Life is so annoying, or take in Steve Almond on the lame, postideological pantomiming of Jon Stewart and